Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals  - AUTOMATON WEST
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Results of a survey regarding the spending habits of young gamers in Japan have been revealed - here's how they spend their money on games.
  • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    29·
    14 days ago

    I believe the difference is that gacha introduces an element of chance, so you spend an in game currency to buy a spin of a wheel where you may get different rewards. Microtransactions could be something like “spend $5 and get this new skin”, it’s a guarantee. Gacha will be like “spend $1 for a 10% chance at this legendary skin, spend $5 for a 70% chance, etc etc”

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      14 days ago

      So in a lot of ways, it’s just the Asian term for loot box games, something that western games shied away from a bit after the Battlefront 2 controversy and EU attention, which Disney got embroiled in.